Packing vessel



No. 627,l42. Patented lune 20, I899.

H PYLES PACKING VESSEL. (Application med Aug. 2, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRIETTA PYLES, or MYRTLE, MISSOURI.

' PACKING VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,142, dated June 20,1899.

Application filed August 2, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRIETTA PYLES, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residiug at Myrtle,

' in the county of Oregon and State of Missouri,

have invented a new and useful Packing Ves-. sel, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packing vessels; and theobject thereof is to provide a simple, cheap, and convenientconstruction in which articles, such as butter, may be packed andpreserved during shipment and storageor while being sold in smallquantities by retail merchants.

With the above object in view the invention consists of a wire frameadapted to be removably positioned in the tub, having a central ice-chamber and a plurality of removable shelves.

The invention consists in the novel details of construction hereinafterdescribed in the specification, particularly pointed out in the claim,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of myinvention removed from the tub. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the same in position in the tub. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 with the shelves removed.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, Adesignates a plurality of wire rods bent at their lower ends to form thebottom bars B of the frame, which are crossed and held in position byawire ring 0, secured at the bottom of the frame by bending the rods, asat D, to receive the same, and at their upper ends by a similar ring E,

' passed through loops or eyes F, formed at the J are secured about theexterior of said cylinder at difierent points throughout the lengththereof, and the Wire rods A are formed with inwardly-extending bends Kin line with said brackets, which constitute shoulders or Serial No.687,527. (No model.)

brackets to receive the removable shelves L, which rest thereon and onthe brackets J, said shelves being formed in section and having acentral opening to receive the ice-chamber. The wire rods constitutingthe frame are held in proper position intermediate their ends by theband M.

- The frame is placed in the tub N or other similar receptacle, theice-receptacle positioned therein, and the lower shelf placed I upon thesupporting-brackets therefor. Butter may then be placed upon said shelfand the next shelf properly positioned, and so on until the vessel hasbeen filled. The ice may then be placed in the ice-chamber and the tubof butter shipped, the same being preserved during shipment. By havingthe different shelves for the butter, print-butter may be shippedwithout destroying the design printed Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

In a packing vessel, the combination with a casing, of a wire frameadapted to be positioned therein and formed with a plurality ofinwardly-extending bends, an ice-chamber positioned centrally in saidframe and having a plurality of brackets secured to the exteriorthereof, and a shelf positioned in said frame and supported by saidinwardly-extending bends and brackets,substan'tially as set forth.

,HENRIETTA PYLES.

Witnesses:

E. O. STARK, T. C. PILES.

